Dardanelles, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Dardanelles is located in Oregon
Dardanelles
Dardanelles
Dardanelles is located in the United States
Dardanelles
Dardanelles
Coordinates: 42°25′44″N 123°03′29″W / 42.42889°N 123.05806°W / 42.42889; -123.05806
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyJackson
Elevation
1,066 ft (325 m)
Time zoneUTC−08:00 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−07:00 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID1159044[1]
Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System[1]

Dardanelles is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oregon, United States.[1] It lies opposite the city of Gold Hill on the south side of the Rogue River.[2] Interstate 5 and Oregon Route 99 pass by Gold Hill and Dardanelles.[3]

William G. T'Vault, who founded the community in the 1850s, chose the name apparently because the river here runs through a narrow stretch between hills and may have reminded him of the Dardanelles between Asia and Europe.[4] T'Vault was the first postmaster of a post office established here in 1852 and which operated intermittently until 1878.[4] Although a place of importance in early Oregon, little of the community remains.[4] Author Ralph Friedman says in In Search of Western Oregon, "Today most people in Gold Hill know of Dardanelles only because a [local] service station bears that name."[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Dardanelles". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. May 22, 1986. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  2. ^ "Dardanelles" (Map). ACME Mapper 2.1. ACME Labs. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  3. ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. pp. 60–61, 68. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
  4. ^ a b c McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 268. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
  5. ^ Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon. Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers. p. 570. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.


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